| censorious |
highly critical or disapproving. |
| delineate |
to describe or portray in precise or vivid detail. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| infatuation |
the condition of being deprived of judgment by an irrational or foolish attachment to someone or something. |
| quaff |
to drink, especially deeply and with obvious enjoyment. |
| readjust |
to adapt oneself anew. |
| rebate |
a part of a payment that is returned. |
| recapitulate |
to briefly review (the main points) of a spoken or written exchange or communication. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| transcendental |
beyond the limits of ordinary experience, thought, or belief; supernatural, visionary, or mystical. |